Epstein-barr virus immortalization and latency
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Epstein-Barr virus immortalization and latency.
Epstein-Barr virus infects human B lymphocytes. The interaction between the virus and these cells has been the subject of investigation for over three decades. Recent in vitro and in vivo studies, reviewed here, are revealing the mechanisms by which EBV induces and controls proliferation through the expression of six viral nuclear proteins and two plasma membrane proteins. This genetic program ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Bioscience
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1093-9946,1093-4715
DOI: 10.2741/a433